The Chatty Vets Podcast

What would you do? Tell us Episode 21: Two Week Takedown What do chewing on needle caps, regurgitating BOAS patients, disciplinary hearings, and a bleeding bitch spay have in common? Absolutely nothing... until now. This week, we're joined by a VERY special guest: Bradley Viner , former RCVS President, veterinary heavyweight, and living proof that being a GP vet is anything but "just&quo...

What would you do? Tell us Episode 20 – Endocrinopathies II: Hyperadrenocorticism The stuff you never really understood about Cushing's. We've all learned that dogs with Cushing's drink more, wee more, eat everything in sight, and somehow still end up with a pot belly... but have you ever stopped to think about why ? In this episode, we're diving into all things hyperadrenocort...

What would you do? Tell us Episode 19 - Two Week Takedown. Travelling pets, scary bradycardias, career changing complaints, and a new wormer from KRKA! Fed up of the drama and changing rules surrounding pet travel? Panic if you see a dog with a heart rate of 36bpm and changes on the ECG? Had a complaint and not sure how to deal with it? Your favourite podcast is back to help you out. We're ba...

What would you do? Tell us 🩺 Episode 18 – EXTRA Bonus Episode! Chronic Pain Management Part I – Regenerative Medicine 🎙️ ✨ Featuring our SPECIAL GUEST: Russell Chandler ✨ Could regenerative medicine completely change the way we manage chronic pain in veterinary practice? In this special bonus episode, we sit down with Russell Chandler to discuss all things regenerative medicine — from: 🩸 Plate...

What would you do? Tell us Episode 17 – Two Week Takedown: Neutering Controversies, Euthanasia Payments, Tricky Discussions… plus Eye Issues with a Special Guest! In this episode of The Chatty Vets Podcast , we’re back with another Two Week Takedown — and this one covers some big, tricky and very real topics from life in practice. We dive into the ongoing controversies around neutering, including...

What would you do? Tell us 🩺 Episode 16 – Bonus Episode! Endocrinopathies I: Hyperthyroidism & Hypothyroidism 🎙️ Welcome to the first episode of our brand new mini-series: 🧠 Endocrinopathies We’re kicking things off with two of the most common endocrine conditions seen in small animal practice: 🐱 Hyperthyroidism 🐶 Hypothyroidism Weight loss despite eating everything in sight? Lethargic dog...

What would you do? Tell us Episode 15 – Two Week Takedown 🎙️ It’s Vet Nursing Awareness Month… and we’ve brought in the experts 👀 This week, we’re shining a spotlight on the absolute backbone of veterinary practice — veterinary nurses . From clinical expertise to client care, we’re diving into just how skilled, versatile, and undervalued they can be in practice. We’re joined by three brilliant gu...

What would you do? Tell us 🚨 This might be one of our most controversial episodes yet… Welcome back to Episode 14 – Two Week Takedown on The Chatty Vets Podcast 🎙️ This week, we’re tackling some of the biggest topics currently circulating in small animal practice — the kind that spark real debate in the consult room and beyond… 💨 Are vapes putting our dogs at risk?  🐶 The ongoing brachycephalic...

What would you do? Tell us 🚨 Starting your first GP vet job soon? Read this before your first consult… Episode 13 is here — and this one’s for every vet who’s about to take that leap into practice (or remembers exactly how daunting it felt 👀). In this Bonus Episode , we break down your ultimate survival guide to getting started as a GP vet — from landing the right job to actually surviving those...

What would you do? Tell us Episode 12 – Two Week Takedown 🎙️ Difficult clients. Aggressive patients. Big surgical decisions in general practice… and no antibiotics for pyos?! 👀 In this fortnight’s Two Week Takedown, we’re diving into some of the real-life challenges that every vet team faces but doesn’t always talk about openly. We kick things off with the tricky topic of “difficult” owners — how...

What would you do? Tell us Episode 11 - EXTRA Bonus Episode! Toxicology in Dogs and Cats It’s Easter… which means chocolate, hot cross buns, daffodils… and a waiting room full of potential toxicology cases. In this bonus episode, we’re diving into the common toxins we see in dogs and cats — with a seasonal focus on the Easter classics (yes, we’re looking at you, raisins, chocolate, and garden-lovi...

What would you do? Tell us Ep 10 – Two Week Takedown. The big scary Brucella… GV20 injection site, and who actually follows the vaccine schedule?! Vaccinations ontop of the head? Brucella isn't a thing in the UK, is it? And who actually sticks to the vaccine schedule anyway… In this Two Week Takedown, we dive into some of the topics that reliably spark debate in small animal practice — includ...

What would you do? Tell us Episode 9 - Bonus Episode! Vomiting in Dogs and Cats Vomiting… or is it regurgitation? And how worried should we actually be? In this bonus episode, we’re diving into one of the most common — and sometimes most stressful — presentations in small animal practice: the vomiting dog or cat. From working out whether it’s true vomiting vs regurgitation, to spotting the red fla...

What would you do? Tell us Episode 8 - Two week takedown. Lap spays, leaving uteruses behind, ketamine enthusiasm, and the never-ending neuter list… Welcome back to another Chatty Vets Two Week Takedown — where we break down the real clinical topics that have been filling our consulting rooms and operating theatres recently. This episode we chat: • Laparoscopic spays in bitches  • Ovariectomy vs o...

What would you do? Tell us 🎙️ Ep 7 – Two Week Takedown: Turmeric on Chicken Legs, Seasonal Fleas, Dental Chews, Euthanasias & WhatsApping Clients?! It’s time for another Two Week Takedown — where we round up the cases, conversations, and clinical curveballs that have been keeping the vet world busy lately. In this episode, we’re covering everything from the slightly bizarre (yes… turmeric on c...

What would you do? Tell us 🎙️ Episode 6 – Bonus Episode: Deep Dive into Dyspnoea (Part 1) Breathing difficulties. Worried owners. High-pressure decisions. 😅🫁 In this bonus deep-dive, the team at The Chatty Vets Podcast tackle one of the most stressful presentations in practice: dyspnoea in dogs and cats 🐶🐱 From that first “this doesn’t look right” moment, to emergency stabilisation, hands-on c...

What would you do? Tell us 🎙️ Episode 6B – Bonus Episode: Deep Dive into Dyspnoea (Part 2) Same breathless patients. New level of confidence. 😅🫁 In Part 2 of our dyspnoea deep-dive, the team at The Chatty Vets Podcast build on Episode 6A and take things even further — helping you turn uncertainty into clear, practical decision-making 🐶🐱 We wrap up our discussion on thoracic POCUS 👀📟, explore...

What would you do? Tell us 🎙️ Episode 5 – Two Week Takedown: THAT Panorama Episode, Cuffed ETTs in Cats & Tricky Cases… In this week’s Two Week Takedown , Brendan and Charlotte are joined by very SPECIAL GUEST @cat_the_vet for an honest, hilarious, and refreshingly real deep-dive into life on the vet front line 🐾 From that Panorama episode everyone’s been talking about, to cuffed endotracheal...

What would you do? Tell us Episode 4: Two-Week Takedown. Is Librela dangerous and a new weekly NSAID... It’s time for another two-week takedown 🎙️ and we’re back with the things that have been filling up our consult rooms, group chats, and on-call brains over the last fortnight. In this episode, Brendan and Charlotte dive into the new weekly NSAID, daxocox —how it works, where it might fit into pr...

What would you do? Tell us Episode 3: Deep Dive – Head Tilt That's right, the dreaded neuro! But don't worry, we're here to break it down for you. In this episode Brendan and Charlotte talk through how to approach head tilt cases across species, from vestibular disease in dogs, to working up head tilt in cats, and the truly impressive head tilts we can see in rabbits. We cover how t...

What would you do? Tell us Episode 2: January 2026 Two-Week Takedown It’s our first full episode 🎉 and we’re kicking things off with the January 2026 two-week takedown. In this episode, Brendan and Charlotte chat about festive toxicities, questionable foreign bodies, the CMA report and what it could mean for the profession, dreaded dentals, and the joys and challenges of dealing with particularly...

What would you do? Tell us Hi and welcome to The Chatty Vets Podcast ! 👋  We’re Brendan and Charlotte; two UK-based small animal general practice vets. If you work within the Veterinary Profession, then this is the podcast for you. In this short intro episode, we explain who we are, why we've started this podcast, and what’s coming up. Expect twice-monthly “two-week takedown” episodes where...